Nursing Attendant-Variable Shifts Open/Full-Time/Part-Time

All available shifts for Nursing Support Roles:

Shifts: Variable

Hours: Variable

Full-Time & Part-Time

1.*Functions as a co-worker to the nurse and a key member of the nursing care team:

• Organizes patient care assignment and sets priorities.
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• Alerts RN co-worker to changes in patient status i.e., alteration in comfort, skin integrity, alterations in breathing pattern, etc.
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• Documents patient care and patient status changes on the appropriate chart forms.
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• Communicates routine information to RN periodically during shift i.e., intake and output.

2.*Assists RN in providing for ADL needs of patients:

• Prepares patients for meals, and feeds or assists with meals.
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• Provides between meal nourishment and fresh water to patients.
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• Bathes or assists patient to bathe, provides oral hygiene.
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• Toilets patients as necessary.
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• Maintains patient’s mobility with range of motion exercises and ambulation.
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• Grooms patient, including shaving, as needed.
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• Participates with the RN in the development of a plan of care for assigned patient.
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• Utilizes a plan of care in carrying out patient assignments.

3.*Maintains patient care units in a neat and orderly condition:

• Changes and makes beds.
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• Cleans and straightens bedside table and over bed tables, as needed.
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• Strips patient units upon discharge of patient, in preparation for cleaning by Housekeeping Department.
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• Removes equipment from room. Cleans and place it in appropriate area.
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• Prepares room for new admissions, transfers and post-operative patients.

4.*Assists Registered Nurse by performing selected procedures and simple treatments:

• Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration rate and B.P. on admission and as assigned.
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• Measures and records fluid intake and output; totals at shift end.
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• Obtains specimens, such as urine, stool and sputum.
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• Administers enemas, as directed.
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• Weighs and records patient weight on admission and as indicated.
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• Shave patients as instructed in preparation for procedures.
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• Performs simple procedures utilizing aseptic technique (i.e. applying and changing simple dressings).
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• Performs simple respiratory treatments, as required (i.e. suctioning).

5.*Performs a variety of related duties:

• Assists patients in and out of bed, ambulates patients, lifts, turns and positions patients.
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• Assists with serving of meals; positions patient, cleans over bed table, and helps distribute and collect trays.
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• Transports and accompanies patients to various departments, as directed.
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• Reports missing or damaged equipment to Unit Service Coordinator.
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• Maintains non-patient rooms (i.e., utility rooms, linen rooms, kitchens, etc.) in a neat and orderly condition.
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• Maintains cleanliness of patient care equipment.
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• Performs constant observation on selected patients as assigned.
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• Follows medical Center’s policies and procedures to support QA/QI efforts in patient care and services.
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• Performs post-mortem care and transports body to morgue.

6.*Takes part in Nursling’s continuing education policy by:

• Attending nursing attendant course during orientation program.
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• Participating and completing annual mandatory educational requirements.
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• Attending nursing attendant staff development programs offered throughout the year.

7.*Performs related duties, as required.

• High School Diploma or equivalency, required.
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• Prior experience as a Nursing Attendant, preferred.
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• Ability to lift, turn and position patients, as required.
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• Ability to work in diversified settings.
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  Ability to communicate effectively and follow written and/or oral instructions.